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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24
CONDITION OF THE IRON IR1DE

EFFECT OF THE ADVANCING PRICHS-YELLOW PINE
FROM THE SOUTH.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan 23-The iron and steel industries
OF this State are actively employed, but the advancing
tendency OF prices has restricted business There IA
growing feeling that prices uuch higher there will
be heavy competition from foreign producers. and this
has q tendency to uuscttle confidence.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has been petit
toned by large number Of the towns and cities on its
unes give them better facilities OF transportation
These petitions the results Of increased industrial
growth OF the places making the request. Similar re-
quests been made Of the management OF the Bat
more aud Ohio Railroad Company from places In the
western portion OF this state.
The arrival of yellow pine from the South, mostly from
the portion OF North Carolina In large quantities.
has had wonderful tendency TO keep down increase
In the cost OF building In this section The lumber is
brought TO Norfolk either by rail and sent this
city over the New York. Philadelphia and Norfolk Rail
road.
The railroad companies continue give their orders
new equipments despite the large quantities which they
0ars and number Of ocomoti and the Pennsy
Haroad Company Ia taxing It's shops heavily. The DIFF
Yent ear through the State crowded
WITH orders President Roberts. OF the Pennsylva
Railroad Company, that the outlook Is good for
prolonged period Of prosperity TO the railroads OF the
country. . !,
noted tie starting up of three furnaces In adjacent coD-
tes several large iron works and tho leasing OF mum
Der OF which will into blast between this tlne
and March Enterprises beyond naming have taken
ohspe and Will be In operation by spring.
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4 STRANGE DOCUMENT FROM THE WAB
ARCHITES
A LETTER TO GENERAL GRANT FROM HIS cuIRF-oF.
sTAFF-AFTERwARD HIS SECRETARY OF wAI.
from The yer York sun.

from The Ner York sun.
BEFORE vIcKsBuRc. Miss, June g. 1882
DEAR GENERAL: The great solicitude 1 feel for the
hoped again TO dothe subject of your drinking.
This may surprise you, for may be- and trust ann,
error L better he ON the side OF his eonntys safety
than in fear OF offending friend have heard that D
YOU Notwithstanding your pledge TO me TO take glass
OF wine and to-day. when found box of wine IN front
OF your and proposed TO 1t. which did was
told you had forbid its being taken away for you intended
to keep 1t until you entered Ncksburg that you might
have for your friends an tonight. when YOU should
because Of the condition OF your health II nothing elsc
have n bed, find you where the wine bottle has
urge You to do likewise. and the lack OF your usual
of decision and elearness in expressing your
sell ia writing ten cd to confirm my suspicious =,
You have the full control OF appetite and can let
drinking alone. Had Not pledged me the sincerity 81
more during war, and kept that pledge during your
recent campaign. you would not to-day have stood nrst
in the worlds history as successful military leader
Your only salvation depends upon your strict adherence
to that pledge. You cannot succeed In any other way
pcons that which leads him 10 suppose
sentinel is falling asleep on his post &c Is ms dty ="
arouse and that which leads him W rear
the general commanding great army Is being seueeu
TO that step which he knows NH prng a'ErSse upon
sound the proper note warming the friends, wives aud
children OF those brave men whose ives ne Pers I
stand swift witnesses OF wrath against Nun In the aay
when all shall DO tried II my suspicious are unioanded
lot nv friendship for you and zeal Tor my country po
my excuse Tor this letter; aud n they are cor
rrctly founded and you determine not 10 nesa Tue
eiasey sea.ns to touch single dR OF ANY croa q.
. aaS No let nay rsis from duty in depart
meni DO the resnlt An General your ir'sna R.w,ru
The retained copy Of this letter was Endorsed by Gen.
eral kawhns IS followsi -''N. z =
This rs an exact copy Of letter given to tho person 70
S wn % g s. e -four :
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24
that bis g. John was not inspired by the Apollo
Belvidere'n

Another article in this number will interest tho
American admirers of Mr.. Watts Mr.. F. G. Stephens
deals with his subject in eulogstic rather than crti
cal spirit but English recognition the nobility of the
artists aims is seldom mingled with discriminating
perception Of ms shortcomings in expression. But
Mr.. Wattss thoughtfulness and grandeur of purpose
represent influence it is valuable to-day and
his compexity Of motive. involved subjects, and occs-
sional technical deficiencies far less important than
this influence. Mr. Stevens like other English
eulogsts Of the artist deals much in explanation Of
Subjects exposition Of the intellectual purpose and
Interpretation of allegorical themes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24

ago. The wheat reports from Ohio, Indiana and Mchi-
gan continue to be almost uniformly favorable the latest
returns showing that the fields had been amply proteceu
up to the approach of the mid winter ranstorm and tha
grain was looking we'll The reports from missouri anu
Illinois not uniformly favorable. Some OF the south
Illinois and some OF the Western Missouri counucs
report unfayorable outlook The returns from butie
Chautauqua. Cherokee johnson. Lyon. Pottawottsnie
Saline and Wallace counties in that State show that nes
not protected and that the grain Is looking poot
Clark Clay Dallas Deevan, Harrison Jones. Muscaune
Warren counties Of importing corn at 3S@
40 cents per bushel"
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TO ENJoIN TIE ATcnIsoy COMPANY.

BosToS Jan 90 (spoeidt. papers have been filed
In the suit brought by Clarence H. Venncr OF Boston.
stockholder in the Atohison. Topeka and Sane Fe Rail
road Company in the Supreme Court OF TO
restrain the directors aud officers OF tho Achson Com
pany from guaranteeing the bonds OF road from
Kansas City 10 Chicago The Chicago Santa Fo and Cali
forna Railroad recently Incorporated for the purpose
OF building the Chicago extension Of the Atchison Topeka
aud santa Fc Raj road Company and has been adver
Used that day It's first mortgage five per cent gold
bonds would be offered by subscription Mr. Ncnner IN
la, hill IN that tho Atchison Topeka and Santa
Er company has right To guarantee tho notes or bonds
of any corporation existing under the laws Of any other
than Kansas. where It's charter obtained
The Chicago, santa Fe aud California Railroad
gnnz,d under the laws of Illinois, he alleges and of
s lines connect with the Achison lines. In defence
his bringing suit IN Massachusetts,, Mr. Nenner main
ins that business offices In this State that
of the meetings held here and that OF the d
req tors 1--we IN Boston
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24
MISCELLANEOUS RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE

LITTLE ROCK, Jan. % (spociab-It is announced to-
day that the st. Louis and san Francisco Railroad will
be extended from Salem, No. 10 Little Rock, distance
of 300 miles Tho line will run through Dent
shannon Carter and Oregon counties, No. and through
Randolph. Lawrence, sharp indepe ndence, Cloburno
and Faulkner counties. IN this Slate. Tho Arkansas
RIVER will lie bridged at Lewisvile. The road will bs "A
rival tho G0u system Tor the trade OF the Southwest
er LoUIs Jan. 23-Thc Giobe- Democrat gives ercula
ton to report In railroad circles hero that Colonel A. A.
Talmage will retire from the General Managershp
OF tho Wabash Railroad OF tho Mississippi River aud
that Colonel Robert ndrews will succeed him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24
THE WESTERN CRAZY CROP

CHICAGO, jan 23-The annexed crop summary will
supear in his wees issue OF fs FarsrS Rerisw The
fstns which the night of January 81 prevailed
throughout nearly tho entire winter wheat belt and re-
quilted In laying wheat asds over srss areas With
cut ssooad covering Of snow the Drop 10 In certain
amount Of peril but up to the close Of January ~ tho
have made no returns OF resulting dam
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24
A WEEKLY REST DAY FOR NEWSPAPERS.

To TIE Editor OF The Trfbune
SIR: Would II not pay you to drop the Monday edition
your paper and place yourselves the right side OF
the great question OF keeping weekly rest day. This
principle all OF all religions for the good OF
mankind. IL would please very large class, who hold
that OF time Is holy and that work In that
time Is neither right profitable. Would you not gain
more money in subscriptions you would lose In the
sale OF the Monday edition. II pays be the right
side OF all moral questions, especially where The inter-
laborers concerned Practise what preach In
regard the rights OF the oers AMI give your employees
"a rest day take Tbs SEMI WEEKLY IRIBUNE-gopd IN
It's wAy-but The NEw-YORK TRBUNE, six days daily
would 30 tho beet paper IN this country or the world
Yours truly, LIB ".
COOpCfsiOcn, y. L., Jan. -. lss1.
las question Of "pay this plan 10 stop TpE
TRIBUNE on Mondays would pay" about as well
as a scheme to extract moonshine from cucumbers
10y dlstllatIon We have some interesting facts
that east light on the subject While TnE TRIBUNE
was contemplating a sunday edition, but before
beginning It, It vas hundred times specially re-
quesied not To do 80 bg Leading men 10 whose judg
ment and wishes II would have much liked to de-
fer Ia every case. however these gentlemen. after
having been heard through, were quietly asked;
by tho way what Sunday paper do you read
nowf In not single instance did II prove that
the very men who exhorting The IHIBUNE
not to print a sunday paper RETAINED from reading
one themselves!
Furthermore, there Is not n man IN the employ
ment OF i:;s TR!nrvE who is not allowed one day
in seven for rest The distribution OF labor is made
specially with reference TO that end and has been
from the bcsinning.-Ed.
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the minority as usual and the dividend was declared.
But Mr. Smith Obliged to admit In his next n al
and an nndisputcd Of Sooner or later
such understood by stockholders ana an
oulte coatent to await natural progress OF truth
Without seeking hasten 1t by resortng TO unseemy
ouarrels In tho public press Yours very respectfully,
Ns,c- York, Jan 90, 1857 BkAfIoS l'Eo
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DAMAGES FOR THE Loss or HER HUSBAND.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. % tSpsciab.-rhe Citlxons Pas.
ssnger Railway Company was mnlctod yesterday In
$4,000 damages In an action brought by MIRA Mary T.
Ketcm for tho death of ler husband who lost his life
while attempting to board ono of tho company's cars
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24
cUAyGEs AMONG READING oFFrcIlLs

Pm. ,DEiPnIA. jan % tSpeeiab.-A prominent officer
OF the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad said to-day
that within a week would DO change In q number
nj tbe heals parments In the main oice Fourth
A. and the places would be filed by young
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
HOOKING VALLEY ASSETS REGAIYE.

HOOKING VALLEY ASSETS RECLAIMED
PRESIDENT SHAW RETURNS FROM ONO WITH
LARGE AMOUNTS OF SECURITIES
President shaw. Of the Columbus. Hooking Valley and
Toledo Railway Company. who with Lawyer John W.
Simpson, has Onto for a week a search for
certain securities that missing from the companys
treasury. returned 10 York yesterday His efforts
were rewarded with substantial and he recovered
altogether $4,000 from ex-Judgo Stevenson Burke,
formerly president OF the company. and Directors
HIckoK aud Mckinnie who were members OF the
Executive Committee under the Burke management
Among the recovered SG220O0 Of the general
mortgage bonds cash. the proceeds OF the
SGl 900 old per bonds sold by the former president
and accounted for The remaining sixty bonds OF the
S2I 900 of this ISSUE which should have been In the
treasury pany found TO bo ia the posses
sion OF Director Iiickox who claimed 10 hold them
collateral for advances amounting 10 100000 No at
tempt into the merits of the transaction
made on account OF lack OF time and because the
cnrty IL ample the debt really to be paid by the
company
There were recovered also $500 900 In preferred
stock OF tho company about the issue OF which
none of present directors had any previous knowl
edge Several years ago issue OF S6OO.0 preferred
bu, the books Of the 40 not show that any OF il
was issued For the project abandoned
VIII, the necessary money was raised II appears how
ever, that President Burke used S2OO,OOO OF this
i s%osa s5ne loan HE w"lo was re-
covered and it Will he at once cancelled The
amount OF the restitution S9i6O0O No receipts in full
passed aud other matters were left to await further
IckoI loan 1t supposed by the management that
the restitution Ia complete Nothing OF what has been
zone zone 81 "eens in the Sonsodation In ISL II any
firing should be recovered on that account would
he drect benefit to tho company while IN the present.
assets that were actually missing from the treasury.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-09
FIRES AND OTHER ACCIDENTS.

A fy-wheel at the Pittsburg Tube works
burst Thursday morning, and Dennis Mullin,
and employee, was hit on the head by flying
fragment. He can not recover.
Professor H. 3. Whitney, of Excelsior
academy, on the shores of Lake Minnetonka,
Mimi. was drowned Thursday evening while
trying to rescue three children from a SINH
lar fate.
The three rear cars Of freight train ON the
Cleveland & Marietta railroad went through
burning trestle near Cambridge, Ohio, Mon
day, falling forty-seven feet. Several train
men jumped for their lives and were danger
ously injured.
A freight train was thrown Off the track
near Clinton, Ills., Tuesday, and J. c. Cole
man and William Wilson, trainmen, received
injuries from which they will probably die.
The Village Of Lavanna, Brown county,
Ohio, was badly damaged by fire Monday.
The Boyd Manufacturing conpany's build
ings and many others were destroyed. Loss,
t1v0,0
A collision Of freight trains on the Grand
Trunk fsilfosd near 'Shannonville, Ont,
Tuesday destroyed about s75, 900 worth Of
rolling .stock and freight ssd liberated sew
eral hundred oattle and hogs which scam
pered away.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-09
Women on Board Yachts.

Women fit into yachting better than
men, for the most part, strange as it may
seem. Probably one reason is that they
are more used TO leisure and meet it more
gracefully; another may be that the Bos-
ton woman naturally scintillates with ef-
fervescent brilliancy, and makes charm
ing guest Mt all times and places. How
ever 1t may be, the femme d'csprit Is al
ways to be found among the guests Of a
yachting party, as it is recognized that TIE
talent of brilliant conversation IL the tai
ent par excellence on board yaclt-it
wears best and is oftenest in rcquisition.
The sunshiny, merry girl, who looks ON
life as one long dream of JOY, is always ~
the yachting party. She need not be beau
tiful, but she must have that joyous laugh
of youth that, Notwithstanding her train
ing in that center Of serious and intel
tellectual culture, the Boston girl, by the
grace of kindly nature, still retains, her
reputation to the contrary notwithstard-
ing.-Boston Post.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-09
How Fashions Originate.

have always been interested in what /
may call the genesis of fashion, and hap
peninG some five Oh six years ago to meet
ut tho house Of u well known cntcrprising
London publisher, n young Frenchman
who was, was told, the cditcur that Is
to cay, the publisher) of some half a.dozen
Of the best Paris fashion magazines, I
venturcd to ask him for some Details of
how he, month after month, presented his
subscribers with series OF row hats and
dresses and bonncts and Ill tho rest Of it.
He proved most communicative in his
reply, and learned that he kept on the cs-
tahlishment, not q poet like Mr. Moses, but
two artists of repute, whose work it YVES
to design new shapes and combinations of
colors and forms.
AS to tho source Of their inspiration, he
admitted that they not rnfrequently went
to the back volumes of the FIRMS fashion
magazines, of which there were files
reaching back to the very beginning, and
having evolved u new bonnet or dress on.
Of his inner consciousness, or by altering
or developing some long forgotten mode of
the past, the artist has done his share of
the work. The next thing to be done,
according to my informant, was to induce
some well known leader of Partisan so
ciety or popular French actress to adopt
one of the new shaped hats or costumes,
or whatever it might he. This accom-
plished the success of u now mode was
often assured, just as the success of new
song is often secured if some famous vo-
calist can only be induced to sing it in
public.-Figaro.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-09

Saturdays score, in the league play ing
We're: At Washington City-(morning. gamel
Indianapolis Z, Washington o; afternoon
game) Washington 0, indianapolis 1--game
called in seventh inning by mutual consent;
at New York-New York 5, Chicago 1; at
Bcs:on-Boston 2s, PittsbUrg II; at Philadel-
phia-(exh bition) Philadelphia s, Detroit Z.
CHICAGO, Aug. 81 The row in the Chi
| cago base ball club seems &c have in meas
ure soon blown over 1t is reported here that
| Arson had RENTED the Pfeffer fines, and
| Spalding says he is not losing any sleep over
the trouble. He has received Pfeffer's letter
| complaining that the fines are unjust, and
telegraphed in answer that il they are they
will be RENTED after proper inquiry. The
league games Monday were: At Indianap-
olis-New York 5, indianapolis Il at Phila-
| delphia-Pittsburg z, Philadelphia q; at Bos
ton-Detroit l6, Boston 2; at Washington
Ciy-Chicago 5, Washington 2.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3l.-The champions in the
league seem to be losing whatever grip they
have ever had on the pennant this year.
Their present trip east has been prolific OF
nothing but disaster First came their bad
luck at Boston, then the row in the club, and
after beating the statesmen the first game
they let go again Tuesday and went Off the
| Held vanquished. and badly So The trouble
with Pfeffer is apparently not ended, and he
is reported as saying that he will not play in
the club after this season. He says so it Is
alleged, that Arson has not spoken 10 him
since the row, and percentages show a still
widening gap between the Detroits and Chi
Cages, and New York is rapidly overhaul
ing the champions having one game won
to the good Detroit now stands in percent
age .6l7; Chicago, $50; New York, !55S The
league scores Tuesday were: At New York
New York 2, indianapolis 0; at Philadel-
phia-Philadelphia 4, Pittsburg /; at WASH
ton City Washington Z, Chicago 1; at Bos-
ton-Detroit o, Boston 8. .a
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-09
Is Insect n Synonym for Man?

Is ''inscct"'a good synonym for man?
The poets think it is, but confess / do
not agree with them. Not because the
word is itself absurd as applied to crea-
lures with solidly continuous bodies like
men and women for poetry does not of
necessity concern itself with the real mean
ings of words, but because l am no pessi-
mist, and think much too we'll of my kind
to allow that human beings arc either
reptiles, vermin or insects. What ever
min" are ] do not know. In western
America the red Indians are called vermin
by the blackguard whites. In Australia
wild horses, arc vermin, so on the Con-
tinent are wolves; in our English game
preserves so are hawks, owls, jays and
weasels. Professional "vermin" killers
mean by the term moles and rats. Patent
'vermin' killing powders and pastes are
directed against black beetles and crickets.
In hospitals ''vermin" means lice. So
that anything between q red Indian and a
louise may be ''vermin. "-Gentleman's
Magazine.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-09
BUSINESS NOTES.

A majority of the creditors of w. o. Tyler
& Co, the suspended paper dealers Of Chi.
cago have agreed to accept 22ll cents on this
dollar for their claims.
A number of firms throughout the country
win, it is said, be dragged down by the fail
ure Of Mitchell, Vance e. Co, the New York
manufacturers Of gas-fixtures.
r. @. Dun g. Co. in their weekly trade re.
view, note some Improvement in general bust
ness throughout the country. The vol ume OF
legitimate trade Is large, although in some
important branches there is shrinkage. The
tendency of prices for most commodities Is
upward.
w. St Clair Ross & Co., paper manufac-
turers Of Cincinnati have failed, with liabil-
ties Of 10000 and assets Of SIS, 900.
The receiver of N. Matson s. Co., jewelers.,
Chicago, has filed schedule of their assets,
the value Of which is S240, ALTO The liabil.
tiles are estimated at $3.50, O00
A company of Pittsburg and New York
capitalists has entered tho field In opposition
to the Standard Oil company. Pipe lines
are being laid from Washington to Pitts
burg. The company has q capital Of $780,
90.
The creditors Of Maurice Rossnfeld & Co,
Of Chicago, refuse to accept IS cents on the
dollar.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-09
A Necklace of Human ringers.

A curious and interesting relic of In
dian barbarism was received at the war
department few days ago. 1t consisted
of necklace of human fingers. Origin
ally there were eleven fingers strung to-
gether after the manner of necklaces OF
bears claws, but three Of them had been
lost. This CHASTITY adornnent was cap
tured in an attack ON the northern Chey-
ennes in 1876, and each finger represented
a life taken by the owner, the big medicine
man of the tribe. The fingers had been
preserved by opening the skin, removing
the bones, scraping away all the tissues
and fatty substances, replacing the bones,
and subjecting the skin to some tanning
process. The necklace was sent to West
Point by Capt. Bourke, who is now en-
gagged in preparing some historical matter
relating to the Indians 1t was brought
from West Point hero in order that il
might be reproduced in paper mache at
the Smithsonian institution. Washington
Cor. New York Sun.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-09
sIa.s. rwaln.s rlr.. Lecture.

twenty-five years ago, when first
went to Carson said wen known gem
tleman Of that city yesterday at down
town hotel '.Mark Twain was just be-
ginning to come to the front as humor-
list. Hcwas quiet, gentLemanly sort Of
fellow, who could tell good story and
take his liquid rotations with the boys
and not show it much, even If he would
drink all day.
n''In those early days nost any sort of
an entertainment brought out q big crowd,
and when 10 was announced one day that
Mark was to deliver lecture for the
benefit OF something or other ut the Epis-
eopal church, it was understood from the
start that there would be perfect crush.
swell, Mark assembled the steps into
the pulpit about O'Clock, there being q
whole lot of the boys and young women,
friends of his, MS well us good many old
people In front. Mark made very polite
bow and then unfoldcd gigantic roll of
brown paper. People thought ut first it
was big map, hut it turned out To be his
lecture written on great sheets of grocers'
brown paper, with an ordinary grocers'
marking brush. After his bow he turned
his back around TO the audience and
craned his head up TO the lamp and thus
read from the big sheets, as though it
: would be impossible for him to see any
other way.
"The lecture was on The Future of
Nevada and was the funniest thing l
ever heard. He prophesied the great era
of prosperity that was before us and
sought TO encourage us residents of the
sagebrush region by foretelling what APP
peared to be Golconda like tales of i'm
possible mineral discoveries Right ON
the heels Of it, however, came the marvel
Gus discoveries of Virginia City, ard then
we thought he wasn't so far off in his
humorous predictions. Many time have
thought of that lecture of Mark Twain.
1t ought to have been published. | have
read all his books, and never saw any
thing in any Of them better than this. {"
San francisco Examiner.